Food and cultural traditions from Japan’s Toyama Prefecture were introduced to an international audience on Saturday during an event at the world expo in Milan. At the food-themed event’s Japan Pavilion, a chef explained how to prepare masuzushi, a local raw fish dish, by ...

The fastest-growing drinks market in Japan isn’t craft beer or fruit smoothies. It’s cups of cheap black coffee from the local convenience store. “Convenience-store coffee is just great, given its low price,” said Kiyoshi Fujimoto, a 50-year-old school teacher in Tokyo. He estimates he ...

When U.S.-based hamburger chain Wendy’s came back to Japan in December 2011, it aimed to increase the number of outlets to 100 in five years. But now, over three years later, Wendy’s has just two outlets open here. Wendy’s Japan chief Ernest M. Higa ...

Eight years after U.S.-based Burger King returned to the Japanese market, the world’s second largest hamburger chain has opened 93 outlets in the country and aims to have 200 by the end of 2017. Burger King Japan says its strength is the taste of ...

Scientists said Wednesday they had created a rice variety with starchier grains that emits less methane, a step toward the twin goals of feeding more people and curbing global warming. The cultivation of rice, a staple starch for billions of people, is also mankind’s ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s move last month to phase out artificial trans fats over three years from all processed foods has made few ripples in Japan, where there are currently no regulations on the oil. Health and food safety authorities here said ...

Don’t call it fast food. New York-based Bareburger, which opens its first restaurant in Tokyo this weekend, says it aims to penetrate the competitive Japanese market by focusing on organic patties and healthy vegetables. Bareburger — whose gourmet burgers will be priced at ¥1,500 and ...

Learning more about Islamic customs is just good business for Tomohiro Sakuma. “It would be ridiculous to miss out on a chance to do business” with Muslim countries because of a lack of familiarity with Islam, the 50-year-old head of the Halal Japan Business ...

An annual food festival at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies has come under pressure after health authorities found some of the dishes set to be served failed to meet sanitary regulations, according to university officials. The Gaigosai Festival, held every November, is known ...

It could trade for 400 times more than the price of crude oil and 2,000 times more than iron ore. If sold off the shelf, it could cost more than 150 times the price of a gallon of cow’s milk and 15 times more ...

Defending champion Miki Sudo won the women’s division of the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island. The Las Vegas woman capturing first place with a flourish that emphasized strategy rather than condiments. Sudo ate 38 hot dogs ...

Contestants have hit the scales ahead of the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at Coney Island’s Nathan’s Famous. Reigning champion Joey Chestnut joined past winners at the weigh-in Friday ahead of the 99-year-old Independence Day boardwalk tradition. The dogs will be served ...